It was official. Kakashi was going to die on this mission. And it was most likely going to be Madara's fault.
Said Uchiha had not stopped smirking and glaring at him for the entire twenty minutes they had been walking for. It did not help that Madara was whispering to Sasuke about something, and Sasuke was slowly getting a more and more venomous glare on his face. Every now and then, Sasuke would glare at him, before muttering about weasels and Kakashi's apparent non-existent teaching skills.
They had been walking for three hours already. And Kakashi was getting jumpy at the fact that neither Madara or Sasuke had attempted to murder him yet. Kakashi could feel his hand slowly but surely inching towards his kunai pouch. He gave the two Uchiha one more look over. It was then that he noticed Madara had activated his Sharingan, and was smirking a bit too evilly. Sasuke was sneering and glaring at Kakashi.
Kakashi felt himself shiver in anticipation. And a bit in fear. He was about to purposely start the battle between the three of them, even though he knew it was suicide. Oh how he hoped someone would just break the tense silence between them...
And then, as though she was Godsend, Sakura just had to ask,
"Kakashi-sensei, do they have shinobi in Wave Country?" Kakashi felt like crying tears of joy. But he was a well-respected Jounin, he would settle for a small, barely noticeable tear to run down his cheek. He turned to her with a slight smile.
"No, Sakura, Wave Country has no shinobi. If they need shinobi help, they could just ask one of the nearby Hidden Villages' Kage for help." Kakashi noted that Naruto scrunched his face up in confusion.
"Wait, wait, wait! There are Kage? I thought there was just the Hokage, dattebayo!" Kakashi felt like smacking the living hell out of the instructors at the Academy and Naruto. What the hell did he learn in that god-forsaken place?! Kakashi rubbed his temples.
"Naruto, there are five Kage. The Hokage, the Tsuchikage, the Mizukage, the Raikage, and the Kazekage. They each run one of the major hidden villages." He vaguely noticed that Madara had tuned into the conversation. Naruto nodded, and bounded ahead. Madara smirked again, and stared out into the distance. Kakashi followed his line of view, and spotted a puddle. He heard, heard!, Madara roll his eyes.
"Oh yes, because a puddle in the middle of the road during dry season is so not noticeable." Madara growled out, a slight sarcastic edge to his voice. "Dumbass amateurs."